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Headphones are a set of two speakers placed over the ears to hear sound from the computer without disturbing anyone else. Headphones are connected to a computer or other audio-playing device by a jack on the end of the headphone cord or wireless.

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Bluetooth headset with poor sound quality on Ubuntu

I've bought a Philips SHB4000 headset (phone+mic) wireless (bluetooth) and It has a good quality when I pair it with my phone or PC Windows but when I pair it with the same PC on Ubuntu (14.10 64 bits) the sound quality goes down. I've been googling…
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Check Bluetooth headphones battery status in Linux

Is it possible to get the battery status of Bluetooth headphones connected to Linux? Android shows it so I was wondering if it was possible.
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No sound from bluetooth headset, but it's detected

I have a Bluetooth headset connected to my computer. The buttons play/pause/volume are working fine, but I have no sound in the headset. It only works in the speaker of the computer. In fact, I played with the sound settings of my headset in the…
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Headset microphone not working on Ubuntu 20.04

When I'm speaking with my internal microphone and I connect my headset, it's not detecting the microphone on it. Thing that does not happen in Windows, also didn't happen in Ubuntu 18.04 Any suggestion to fix it?
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Strange noise in headphones when no sound is played

There is a strange noise from my headphones on Lenovo T440. The sound is like when you tune your radio, but you get a wrong frequency and you hear unpleasant noise. The noise starts when Ubuntu 14.04 boots up and ends after a shutdown. It is coming…
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Headphones microphone is not working

I'm trying to use my headphones with my Ubuntu 13.10. My headphones are Nokia BH-905i, which can be connected via Bluetooth or green+pink wires. If I use bluetooth, voice quality is terrible or microphone doesn't work. If I try to choose "Headset"…
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Stop sound from speakers when connecting headphones

The problem is that I can hear the sound from my laptop's speakers even if I plugged in my headphones. Headphones is just standard stereo headphones. And the most interesting thing is that all was working just a week ago. I tried to play with…
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Sony Noise-Cancelling Headphones (WH-1000XM2/3) and bluetooth initial autoconnect

So I have Ubuntu 18.04 installed on both my personal and work laptops and I am experiencing the same issue on both of them. I have Sony WH-1000XM3 noise-canceling headphones and they are paired, everything is fine and working, the only problem is…
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How to switch between headphones and speakers without unplugging headphones

When I plug in my headphones the audio output device switches to the headphones from my speakers. Rather than plugging/unplugging the headphones all the time, which will eventually wear out my cord/jack I would like to just use a software…
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Bluetooth on UBUNTU 20.04 constantly disconnecting

I have installed Ubuntu 20.04 on my laptop and seems like the bluetooth isn't working as expected. It's connecting to my Logi MX ERGO device and also connecting to my TWS headphone, but after a while running (apparently it's a random time) it stops…
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How to automatically change volume level when un-/plugging headphones?

What I want is the following: When I plug in my headphones, I want the sound to be un-muted and set to a specific volume level. When I unplug my headphones, I want the sound to be muted (or set to a specific volume level). Setting the volume…
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Laptop headphone jack produces no sound

The headphones are detected, because when they are plugged in, they appear in the sound settings. The problem is that they just don't output any sound. Laptop speakers output sound just fine. I'm running Ubuntu 16.04 x64 This is the output from…
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How to make aptX-capable Bluetooth equipment work with Ubuntu?

I have an aptX-capable headset and I want to use it to play music with the highest possible audio quality the headset can technically provide in Ubuntu. How can I do that? While A2DP supports a lot of codecs optionally and is extensible to support…
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Default headphone device when plugging in unknown audio device

My laptop has a single mini-jack that handles both headphones and microphone in one port. Every time I plug in my headphones I get the following asking me what kind of device I've plugged in. I'd like to set 'headphones' as a default whenever I…
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18.04, 16.04 Headphones detected, but not switched on automatically after startup

Edit: the issue seems to also affect 18.04. I have this issue since 15.10, but it started to really grind my gears after making an upgrade to 16.04. Let's say that I have headphones plugged in. I reboot\relog on\boot to ubuntu, and play the music.…
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